Acronyms and Abbreviations

1st Lt.

First Lieutenant

2nd Lt.

Second Lieutenant

ABA

American Bar Association

ACLU

American Civil Liberties Union

ADL

Anti-Defamation League

ADMAX SHU

Administrative Maximum Special Housing Unit

AFB

Air Force Base

AFDI

American Freedom Defense Initiative

AG

Attorney General

AI

Amnesty International

AK-47

Kalashnikov assault rifle

AP

Associated Press

AQAP

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

AR 15–6

Army Regulation 15–6 (governing criminal investigations)

ARB

Administrative Review Board

Art. 32

Military equivalent of civilian court arraignment or grand jury indictment

ATA

Anti-Terrorism Act

ATS

Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. §1350

AUEC

alien unlawful enemy combatant

AUMF

Authorization for the Use of Military Force

AUSA

Assistant US Attorney

AWOL

Absent Without Official Leave

BDO

Behavioral Detection Officer

BDS

DoS Bureau of Diplomatic Security

BGen.

Brigadier General

BoI

Bureau of Investigation

BoP

US Bureau of Prisons

CA

Military Commissions Convening Authority (also called Appointing Authority)

CAIR

Council on American–Islamic Relations

Capt.

Captain

CAT

Convention Against Torture

CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CBS

Columbia Broadcasting System

CBP

Customs and Border Patrol (DHS)

CCR

Center for Constitutional Rights

CD Cal

US District Court for the Central District of California

CD Ill

US District Court for the Central District of Illinois

CENTCOM

US Central Command

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CID

Criminal Investigation Command (Army)

CLEAR

Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (CUNY Law School project)

CMCR

Court of Military Commission Review

CMDR

Commander

CNN

Cable News Network

Col.

Colonel

CPA

Coalition Provisional Authority

Cpl.

Corporal

CS

confidential source

CSO

Court Security Officer

CSRT

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

CUNY

City University of New York

D Az

US District Court for the District of Arizona

D Colo

US District Court for the District of Colorado

D Hi

US District Court for the District of Hawaii

D Id

US District Court for the District of Idaho

D Mass

US District Court for the District of Massachusetts

D Md

US District Court for the District of Maryland

D Minn

US District Court for the District of Minnesota

D Mont

US District Court for the District of Montana

D NJ

US District Court for the District of New Jersey

D Ore

US District Court for the District of Oregon

D RI

US District Court for the District of Rhode Island

D SC

US District Court for the District of South Carolina

D Utah

US District Court for the District of Utah

DCI

Director of the CIA

DDC

US District Court for the District of Columbia

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

DIA

Defense Intelligence Agency

DNI

Director of National Intelligence

DoD

US Department of Defense

DoE

Department of Energy

DoJ

US Department of Justice

DoS

Department of State

DSC

US District Court for the District of South Carolina

DTA

Detainee Treatment Act of 2005

EC

enemy combatant

ECHR

European Court of Human Rights

ED Cal

US District Court for the Eastern District of California

ED Mich

US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

ED Va

US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

ED Wash

US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

EDNY

US District Court for the Eastern District of New York

EEOC

Equal Employment Opportunities Commission

EIT

enhanced interrogation technique

EO

Executive Order

EPIC

Electronic Privacy Information Center

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FDR

Franklin D. Roosevelt

FISC

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act 2000

FSIA

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

FTCA

Federal Tort Claims Act

GAO

Government Accountability Office

Gen.

General

Gitmo

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

GTMO

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

HASC

House Armed Services Committee

HIG

Hezb-I-Islam Gulbuddin

HJC

House Judiciary Committee

HLF

Holy Land Foundation

HPSCI

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

HRF

Human Rights First

HRW

Human Rights Watch

HUAC

House Committee on Un-American Activities

Humvee

High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

HVD

high-value detainee

IATA

International Air Transport Association

ICC

International Criminal Court

ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS)

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

ICTR

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

ICTY

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

IED

improvised explosive device

IG

Inspector General

IMU

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

INA

Immigration and Naturalization Act

IRA

Irish Republican Army

IS

Islamic State

ISIS

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

ITRSHRA

Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act

IWW

International Workers of the World

JAG

Judge Advocate General

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff

JFK

John F. Kennedy Airport

JTF

Joint Task Force

KKK

Ku Klux Klan

KMT

Kuomintang (Taiwan)

KSM

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

LAPD

Los Angeles Police Department

LAX

Los Angeles Airport

LCpl.

Lance Corporal

LGen.

Lieutenant General

LOAC

Law of Armed Conflict

Lt.

Lieutenant

LtCol.

Lieutenant Colonel

LtCdr.

Lieutenant Commander

Maj.

Major

MAM

military-aged male

MC

military commission

MCA

Military Commissions Act of 2006, 2009, or 2015

MD Tn

US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

MDC

Metropolitan Detention Center (federal prison in Brooklyn)

MEJA

Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act

MEK

Mujaheddin-e-Khalq (People’s Mujaheddin Organization of Iran)

MGen.

Major General

MNF-I

Multi-National Force–Iraq

MP

Military Police

MPAC

Muslim Public Affairs Council

MTA

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

NBC

National Broadcasting Company

NCIC

National Crime Information Center (FBI)

NCIS

Naval Criminal Investigative Service

NDAA

National Defense Authorization Act

ND Cal

US District Court for the Northern District of California

ND Fla

US District Court for the Northern District of Florida

ND Ill

US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

ND Ok

US District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NPR

National Public Radio

NSA

National Security Agency

NYC

New York City

NYCB

New York City Bar

NYCLU

New York Civil Liberties Union

NYPD

New York Police Department

NYPD OIG

New York Police Department Office of the Inspector General

NYU

New York University

OLC

Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel

OMC

Office of Military Commissions

PA

Palestine Authority

PFC

Private First Class

PIVF

Passenger Identity Verification Form

PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization

PO3

Petty Officer 3rd Class (Navy)

POM

Presiding Officer Manual (MCs)

POW

prisoner of war

PRT

Privilege Review Team

PTSD

post-traumatic stress disorder

Pvt.

Private

RAdm.

Rear Admiral (Navy)

Ret.

retired

RFRA

Religious Freedom Restoration Act

RNC

Republican National Committee

ROE

Rules of Engagement

SASC

Senate Armed Services Committee

SD Fla

US District Court for the Southern District of Florida

SD Tex

US District Court for the Southern District of Texas

SDNY

US District Court for the Southern District of New York

SEPTA

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

SNP

Spanish National Police

SSCI

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Sgt.

Sergeant

SJA

Staff Judge Advocate

SJC

Senate Judiciary Committee

SOP

Standard Operation Procedure

SOUTHCOM

Southern Command

SPC

Specialist

SPOT

Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques (TSA)

SSgt.

Staff Sergeant

SUV

sport utility vehicle

TEI

Terrorism Enterprise Investigation (NYPD)

TIDE

Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment

TRIP

Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS)

TRO

Temporary Restraining Order

TSA

Transportation Security Administration

TVPA

Torture Victims Protection Act

UA

undercover agent

UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles

UCMJ

Uniform Code of Military Justice

UEC

unlawful enemy combatant

UECRB

Unlawful Enemy Combatant Review Board

USSC

US Supreme Court

VAdm.

Vice Admiral

WD Ky

US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

WD Ok

US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

WD Pa

US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

WD Wash

US District Court for the Western District of Washington